The link above is a portal to the comprehensive, up-to-date resources compiled by Burbank ACTION on issues related to wireless smart meters.
Citizens in more than 27 California communities have asserted that the wireless meters (which emit pulsed microwaves) pose potential health and security risks, and local governments have responded with resolutions or moratoriums. San Francisco residents are mobilizing against upcoming PG&E installations in their community.
Why are people in California and across the country opposed to these meters? Click on that link above for a comprehensive list of reasons and resources. Also, check out several posts on Sunroom Desk tagged Smart Meters.
California Assembly member Jared Huffman has proposed state legislation (AB 37) requiring a wired smart meter option for utility customers.
Glendale Water and Power recently announced that newly installed water smart meters identified two big water leaks: “one at a multi-family apartment complex which was losing about 250 gallons of water per hour, and the second one at a commercial property that was losing about 450 gallons per hour.”
I still haven’t gotten the latest GWP bill covering however long my household water heater was leaking (I only noticed when I could get no hot water at all). There are some consumer benefits to “smart meters” in an era of water and energy insecurity, but are wireless smart meters and a rushed nationwide roll-out worth the cost (with GWP’s project funded only in part by a federal stimulus grant)?